Travel to Rome and Southern Italy with the UMBC Ancient Studies Department
The UMBC Ancient Studies Department will conduct its annual study tour in Rome and southern Italy March 12-21, 2027. For current UMBC students, the cost of $4,250 covers all air and land transportation; twin-share accommodations for eight nights in three- or four-star hotels; eight buffet breakfasts, two dinners, and two lunches; travel insurance; entrance to all archaeological sites and museums on the itinerary; all gratuities. Single rooms are available at an additional cost of $565. The price for non-students is $4,475; the cost of a single room is $599. Ancient Studies majors and minors, UMBC students, faculty, staff, alumni, and their friends and family are all invited to join us.
Current students should download and fill out this registration form for the trip; non-students should use this form. Please email all completed forms to Ms. Lydia DeRidder by Oct.16, 2026. A deposit of $750 is due at this time. All Ancient Studies majors and minors are eligible for trip subsidies; please download and fill out this application and return it to Dr. David Rosenbloom by Oct. 15, 2026.
The tour begins with four days and nights in Rome and visits to the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, Hadrian’s Villa, the Pantheon, and several other important sites and museums. We then travel by coach to Castellammare di Stabia on the famed Amalfi Coast, stopping on the way at Tiberius’ Odyssey-themed coastal villa at Sperlonga and at Paestum to view the remarkably intact temples of Hera, Athena, and (possibly) Poseidon. From Castellammare di Stabia, we visit two settlements buried and preserved by the ash of Mt. Vesuvius, the city of Pompeii and coastal resort at Herculaneum. On our return to Rome, we tour the extraordinary National Archaeological Museum of Naples and the Greek settlement and home of the Sibyl, Cumae. A UMBC coach will take the group to Dulles International Airport at the start of the trip and back to UMBC upon return. A full itinerary of the tour is available on the department website.